Public meetings on draft Land and Water Regional Plan

Environment Canterbury today announced a series of public meetings to discuss the draft Land and Water Regional Plan, on which it is currently inviting public comment.

When the new plan is in place late next year it will provide key context for delivery of the Canterbury Water Management Strategy.

The draft plan recognises the need to acknowledge specific local circumstances. The structure is therefore a combination of region-wide objectives, policies and rules, and provision for catchment-specific solutions.

Promulgation of the Land and Water Regional Plan is a Resource Management Act process so is subject to the formal public submission process following notification, which is likely to happen in August this year.

Public meetings are being held at Lincoln on Monday 30 April, Cheviot (Wednesday 2 May) and Timaru (Thursday 3 May).  The current round of public consultation, which is separate from the RMA process, closes on 7 May 2012.

View the latest draft of the Land and Water Regional Plan and details of the public meetings.